Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No outlaw would lurk so near a royal palace or so close to a powerful priory . ’ |
| 2 | No further colonization could be attempted while the war with Spain went on , partly because ships bound for the North American seacoast were forced by the prevailing winds to go uncomfortably far north or dangerously close to the Spanish settlement in the south , but interest revived after peace was made with Spain in 1604 . |
| 3 | This answer falls within the acceptable range and so indicates that this person is at or reasonably close to her ideal weight . |
| 4 | Some people seek to be independent of others , and live as hermits , or as close to that condition as possible . |
| 5 | It is useless if you are fishing any distance from the bank , or even close to the bank but a distance downstream , for in this instance it may attract fish past your baited hook and to the source of the feed . |
| 6 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 7 | By the time the Ashleys bought the twenty-two-room château , it had seen a variety of owners and fortunes , yet although remarkably close to the battlefront in both World Wars , had escaped any major damage . |
| 8 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 9 | The monkeys , although as close to observation as a personal interpretation would allow , are not fallible primates but symbols of the idealism of youth , full of aspirations , possessing the freedom to act upon ambition — freedom from responsibility and captivity . |
| 10 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 11 | The vehicle was parked on a yellow line and so close to the Market Street junction that vehicles emerging from that road had to swing out onto the wrong side of the High Street . |
| 12 | After the ceremony there was a reception at the bride 's home Malmesbury House , which is a most attractive house and so close to the Cathedral that guests could walk there easily . |
| 13 | Indeed , the pineal of a New Zealand reptile known as the tuatara is pigmented and so close to the surface that it looks similar to a real eye . |
| 14 | The truth was that she would doze now and then — ten minutes here , twenty there ; but her dreams were so vivid and so close to her conscious fears that she might as well have been awake . |
| 15 | We never looked to encounter an armed company in the forest , and so close to Leicester . ’ |
| 16 | It hardly seems sensible for a reporter doing his or her job properly to ignore a source so influential and so close to the seat of power . |
| 17 | The faculty is based mainly at the Medical School within the central area of the University and thus close to the centre of the city . |
| 18 | Susan Bradley 's voice , at first apologetic then conspiratorial and finally close to tears , squeaked into his ear in a long monologue of complaint and desperation . |
| 19 | At around 6am we heard heavy machinegun fire from the direction of the Deni , the investigative branch of the PDF , about half a mile from the commission headquarters and dangerously close to US and Panamanian civilian housing . |
| 20 | Once , when she caught Cissie with her head down , drying herself in the heat from the fire with her hair hanging over her eyes and dangerously close to the flames , her heart had turned somersaults . |
| 21 | This is according to Angela , who was still married to him then , and still close to him . |
| 22 | We lived in Shepherds Bush in Loftus Road , in the shadow of Queen 's Park Rangers ' ground and also close to the great White City Stadium . |
| 23 | A conveniently situated hotel , close to the fashionable shopping street P.C. Hoofstraat and the major museums and also close to the Leidseplein and Vondelpark . |
| 24 | This border town , captured by Gloucester and clearly close to his heart , was reckoned by the exchequer to cost £700 a month in defence — a charge which brought relatively little by way of increased security in return . |
| 25 | This border town , captured by Gloucester and clearly close to his heart , was reckoned by the exchequer to cost £700 a month in defence — a charge which brought relatively little by way of increased security in return . |
| 26 | Drucker concluded about decision analysis that : ‘ A decision should always be made at lowest level and as close to the scene of action as possible … |
| 27 | She says the Government has starved the health service , and now close to an election it comes up with money . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're no fun these days , ’ said Bella sulkily , moving back down the room to stand facing Johnny , and fairly close to him . |
| 29 | According to Thomas Edwards [ q.v. ] , a friend despite their differences , he was consumptive and often close to death , and rarely able to preach . |
| 30 | A few luxuries have been smuggled in by canoe from the Solomons , which Bougainville is geographically and culturally close to . |